Adjustable shade bracket



Feb. .12, 1929. 1,701,960

. D. M; SARKLSIAN ADJUSTABLE SHADE BRACKET rim: Oct. 19. 1925 ATTORNEY Wang:

Patented Feb. 12, 1929.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE BRACKET.

Application filed Clctober 19, 1925. Serial No. 63,233.

My invention relates to an adjustable shade roller support.

My invention has for one of its objects to provide a support for a shade roller WlllCl] may be adjusted so as to support the roller inside or outside 01": the window casing without the necessity of boring any further holes in the window casing or in any way defacing it.

Another object of my inventionis to pro vide a shade roller support whereby the shade roller may be supported so that additional draperies, if desired, may be hung inside or outside of the shade roller according to the desires of the decorator.

Another object of my invention is'to provide a shade roller support which can be readily removed so that, if desirech an additional drapery rod may be substituted in place of the shade roller.

Further objects of my invention will appear from the accompanying specification and drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention showing my adjustable shade roller support with the shade roller and with a drapery or curtain rod attached.

Figure 2 is a front view of my invention showing the drapery rod in section attached to the supporting hooks and the curtain roller which is shown in dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a perspective of my invention taken at an angle showing the curtain roller support in a position to support the curtain roller outside the window casing and inside of the drapery rod.

Figure 4 is a perspective of my invention taken at an angle showing the roller support in a position to support the curtain roller outside the window casing and outside of the drapery rod. The drapery rod shown in this figure is a flat rod usually used for sash eurtains and whenever it is desired to support draperies close to the window casing.

Figure 5 is a perspective of my invention taken at an angle showing my adjustable roller support in position to support the roller inside the window casing and inside the drapery rod.

Referring to Figure 3, 1 is a flat plate having two holes adapted to secure the plate to the face of a window casing by means of screws or nails. as shown in Figure 2. From the plate 1 are struck out hooks 2 and 3. These hooks are substantially a t-right angles to the plate 1, and in my preferred form are rectangular in cross-section although it is obvious that these hooks may be square in cross section or may be round with flattened sides without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Supported on one of the hooks 2 is an adjustable arm 4. This arm is comprised of a plate portion 5 which has spaced openings 6 and'f. These openings Sand 7 form means for supporting the arm a on the hook 2-. The upper and lower portions 8 of the plate 5 are pressed, out in one direction while the middle portion 9 between the openings is pressed out in the other direction, as more clearly appears from Figure 1. The portions 8 bear on the hook on one side and the portion 9 bears on the hook on the other side, thereby supporting the arm 4 at substantially right angles to the plate 1 and holding it against any substantial lateral movement. The end 10 of the arm a is offset at 11, so that 10 is ina plane substantially parallel. with the plane of the opposite end 5. The end 10 has a slot 12 adapted to engage the flattened end of a shade roller 13. The companion bracket shown at the right of Figures 1 and 2, has an opening or hole 14 adapted to engage the round pin 15' at the opposite end of the shade roller 13 in accordance with standard practice. a The drapery rod 16 is of the Well-known flat rod construction.

It is obvious that theend portion 5 of the arm 4 might he made tubular, the tube being rectangular in cross-section so as to fit down over the hook 2 and still be within the spirit of my invention.

It is also obvious that instead of utilizing the plate 1, two hooks having flattened sides can be screwed directly into the window casing without departing from the spirit of my invention. a

In Figure 4 I have shown a flat curtain rod 17 of the type adapted to be used for sash curtains with the opening so as to engage the hook 2 and permit the rod to hang inside the arm 4-.

The operation of my device is as follows: First the plate 1 is secured to the face of the window casing by means of screws or nails, the two hooks 2 and. 3 projecting substantially at right angles from the plate 1. When it is desired to hang the shade roller outside the window casing but inside the drapery red, as shown in Figru'e 1, the arm 4 is slipped over the hook 2, as shown in Figure 3. This permits the shade roller to be hung clear of the Window casing and yet permits suflicient room p 7 for the drapery rod 16, which is supported by the hooks, 3, to hangoutside the roller 13.

Whenever it is desired to hang the drapery inside the curtain roller and yet have the roller outside of the window casing, the arm 4 is supported from the hook 3 while the flat curtain rod 17 is supported from the hook 2, as in Figure 4. Whenever it is desired'to hang the shade inside the casing, the arm 4 is sup.-

Y window casing. The plate 1 is secured to the 'WllldOW casing so that one 'edgeof the platels closely adjacent to the corner of the casing,

whereby the arm 4 will extend inside the window casing when placedin the position shown in Figure 5. It-will be noted that the offset end 10 permits this disposition of the arm. In thisiinstance the drapery rod 16 will be supported from-the hook 3, thereby permitting the'draperies to hang outside of the window casing.

From the above it is obvious that my shade holder has the advantage of enabling the shade to be hung in various positions, thereby V permitting a number ofdifferent plans of decoration without the necessityoof boring newholes in the casing or in any way mutilatin it. i

' lhe plate 1 forms a support for the drapery as well as the shade roller, and, if desired, the shade :roller may be removed and an additional drapery rod inserted in itsplace so that the decorator may change the'scheme of decoration at' will without being obliged to provideother attachments. 1

IJclaim: I. A shade roller support comprising an upstandinghook, means for securing said hook 'to a window casing, an arm having means at one end to support a shade roller and having the body portion of the other end provided with a pair of spaced openings, the portion of the arm between'said openings being offset, whereby said hook'may pass through the openings to support the arm. y

2 A shade roller support comprising 'a hook, meansrfor securing said hook to a win dow casing,'an arm having the twoendsthereof offset from each other and'lying in substantially'parallel. planes, one of said ends having means to support a shade roller and the other having spaced openings therein extending substantially longitudinally of the arm, the portion of the arm between said open ings being olfset, whereby said hook may pass through the opening to support the arm.

3. A shade roller support comprising a plate, a pair of upwardly extending projections offset forwardly from said plate at the opposite edges thereof, said projections having flat vertical portions at right angles with respect to the plate, and" asubstantia-lly flat arm adapted to support a shade roller and havingotfset slotted portions to receive and engage the vertical-portions ofeither one of said projections. v

In testimony whereof, I have signature to this specification.

DIGKRAN M. SARKISIAN.

affixed my 

